Annelie Coleman
Annelie Coleman represents Farmer’s Weekly in the Free State, North West and Northern Cape.
Agriculture is in her blood. She grew up on a maize farm in the Wesselsbron district where her brother is still continuing with the family business.
Annelie is passionate about the area she works in and calls it ‘God’s own country’. She’s particularly interested in beef cattle farming, especially with the indigenous African breeds.
Opportunity for developing farmers
Grain SA, Oos Vrystaat Kaap Operations Ltd (OVK) and the Free State Department of Agriculture have undertaken to work together in an initiative to support developing farmers who aim to become commercial farmers. OVK’s BEE manager, Deon van der Ross, said
SAPD not taking crime seriously – Free State Agriculture
Kobus Breytenbach of State Agriculture’s law and order committee says it is clear the SA Police Department (SAPD) in the Free State is not motivated to solve and prevent violent crimes. This follows the police’s unwillingness to attend a meeting with orga
Farmer gets international relief
A Zimbabwean farmer, 75-year-old
Mike Campbell of Chegutu, has been given interim relief from land grabbers in the first-ever ruling made by the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) Tribunal in Namibia.Issue Date: 11 January 2008
Bioethanol maize battle not over
Government's announcement that surplus maize could be considered for biofuel is “the one opportunity black and white farmers in South Africa have to grow and survive financially,” says Motsepe Matlala, president of the National African Farmers' Union (Nafu).
Issue Date: 11 January 2008
Spring rains boost farming confidence
Good rains in the interior could mean the end of the wait-and-see phase prevailing in agricultural business confidence, as reported in Farmer's Weekly last month. With ongoing showers in the summer rainfall area, particularly North West and the Free State, soil moisture should be at workable levels again.
Issue Date: 12 October 2007
Issue Date: 12 October 2007
SA climate change: what kind and where
A reservoir near Nieu-Bethesda in the Karoo. Eastern SA is looking at a short,
intense rainfall season in future. Across the country conditions will warm up and dry out.
Issue date 5 October 2007
Issue date 5 October 2007
